Recent content by deathsupport

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    Need Help with Connectivity Issue

    Thanks for the link Jack but nothing there helped. I tried resetting the IP stack and still nothing. After some more tinkering and a few reboots it does manage to accept the IP address that I manually enter. However still doesn't ping the default gateway. Might this be an issue with...
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    Need Help with Connectivity Issue

    Hi guys, long time reader here and now I'm stuck with a problem of my own. I recently left for one week on vacation. Before I left everything on my desktop was working properly. When I came back and booted up I noticed that my computer had no Internet access. In fact it wouldn't even ping...
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    *** Official ASUS P5B / P5B Deluxe Thread ***

    Hey, I'm going to be buying a motherboard soon, and I'm debating what I should get: P5B or P5B-E? I know that the -E has FireWire, which is not essential to my life. I also know it costs about $30 more CAD. So I was wondering, what are the differences between the P5B and P5B-E...
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    Need RAM Recommendation

    Any help available? If not with RAM than maybe a decision between the P5B and P5B-E?
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    Fan for hard drives or not?

    As everyone said, cooler is better, but not a priority. Sort of the same with RAM... we would like cooler RAM to get better timings, but it's not always easy or possible to get a fan blowing on them. My case has a front 120 mm fan port, and the hard drive cage sits right behind it, so there's...
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    Upgrade Performance

    First of all, hi :) Secondly, not sure where you are buying your stuff from, but I recommend you check out www.directcanada.com Cheapest prices, and no PST, only the 6% GST. However, if you upgrade to everything you listed... you'll have one heck of a system suited for much more than just...
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    Need RAM Recommendation

    Hi everyone... My current setup is rather old, and I'm finally buying a new system. So far my list includes: Core 2 Duo e6400 Asus P5B X1950 Pro (Asus or Sapphire, whichever is cheaper) This is not the best stuff out right now, but I plan to slowly upgade later on to DX10 and PCI-E 2 and...